Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> wrote:
That's a lot of different things. Blogging is different because people explicitely publish things that they want to publish, there is no great pressure to publish more and everyone knows it's world-readable.
LinkedIn is also presumably different because it's work based which means that whole categories of personal data are out of scope for it.
I agree, and you can also do most of your publishing on your own server if you so decide, over which you have complete control. I am much more concerned about people who disclose considerable personal information online without appreciating how it can be combined and, potentially, misused, and sometimes without even realizing that it's available to the world. I learned a long time ago that everything one writes on an archived forum will persist for an indefinite period. My advice is: don't disclose anything that you would, on reflection, not wish to make completely public.